Understanding Obesity in Youth: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Committee on Atherosclerosis and Hypertension in the Young of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young and the Nutrition Committee, American Heart Association

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3383-3387

  Gidding, Samuel S ^a   Leibel, Rudolph L ^a   Daniels, Stephen ^a   Rosenbaum, Michael ^a   Van Horn, Linda ^a   Marx, Gerald R ^a  

^a AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

AHA Medical Scientific Statements; Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes mellitus; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JUVENILE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030481633     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.94.12.3383     Document Type: Article

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